Quinoa, Chickpea and Fresh Herb Salad

April 5, 2017

This is one of those recipes that you can have as your meal, serve as a side, bring to a party, add grilled shrimp (you get the gist) because it’s just so damn versatile. It’s also vegan, gluten free, and tastes ridiculously fresh with all those herbs going on. I also forget I love dill. That or I think I used to tell myself I hated it? Either way, I was so wrong.

Shout out to my sister-in-law Lacey for introducing me to this one, and to Jenn from Once Upon A Chef for creating the original recipe. 🙂

Quinoa, Chickpea and Fresh Herb Salad

2017-03-27 18:29:18

Serves 5

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Ingredients

1 cup of quinoa

2 cups of water

1 red pepper, diced

1 small cucumber, diced

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1/2 cup finely chopped fresh dill

1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon cumin

Sea salt and pepper

Instructions

Bring the 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups of water to a boil with a few dashes of sea salt.

Cover, and simmer on low for 10-15 minutes until all the water is absorbed. Fluff.

While the quinoa is cooking, add all of the rest of the ingredients to a medium mixing bowl.

Stir in the cooked quinoa, mix through and then season with additional sea salt and pepper.